Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

Naoyuki Matsumoto

Hiroki Mori

Koichi Mori

Shuji Akiyama

Yasuhiro Uemura

Provided is a method of manufacturing a glass film, including: a conveying step of conveying an elongated glass film (G) along a longitudinal direction thereof; and a cutting step of irradiating the glass film (G) with a laser beam (L) from a laser irradiation apparatus () while conveying the glass film (G) through the conveying step, to thereby separate the glass film (G). The cutting step includes generating a thread-like peeled material (Ge) in a helical shape from an end portion of the separated glass film (G) in a width direction. The thread-like peeled material (Ge) has a width (W) of 180 &#x3bc;m or more and 300 &#x3bc;m or less. In addition, the thread-like peeled material (Ge) has a helical diameter (D) of 80 mm or more and 200 mm or less.

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Shiga, Japan

Naoyuki Matsumoto